Family Ophioglossaceae, genus Botrychium; world species list.
By Michael Hassler and Brian Swale.
A list of the species of the genus Botrychium, giving current name, authority, synonyms, published references, geographic distribution and (sometimes) illustrations. Please note: an asterisk * in the distribution list means that the species is exotic to the country named.
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005.00 Class Filicopsida
Trivial names: Ferns
Statistics: 15 orders, 53 families, 310 genera, 9300-10700 species
[11501 species and 454 hybrids listed.
Family Ophioglossaceae
007.0003 Botrychium Swartz; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 8 (1802)
Statistics: ca. 60 spp. cosmopolitan, mostly North America and E-Asia
[61 species and 5 hybrids listed]
Revision date: 20.07.2001
Trivial names: Mondraute, Rautenfarn
= Botrypus Michaux; Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 274 (1803)
= Botrypus Richard; Cat. Hort. Med. Paris 120 (1801)
= Holubiella Skoda; Preslia 68(4): 345 (1996) [1997]
= Japanobotrychium Masamune; Jour. Soc. Trop. Agric. Formosa 3: 246 (1931)
= Osmundopteris (Milde) Small; Ferns SE. States, 377, 482 (1938)
= Osmundopteris Milde; Fil. Europae 209 (1867)
= Phyllotrichium Prantl; Ber. deut. bot. Ges. 1. 349 (1883)
= Sceptridium Lyon; Bot. Gazette 40: 457 (1905)
Botrychium acuminatum Wagner; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 17: 321 (1990)
Trivial names: Pointed Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium arisanense (Masam.) Masam.; Short Fl. Form 1 (1936)
Botrychium ascendens Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 76: 36, figs. 1, 2 (1986)
Trivial names: Upswept Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium australe R. Br.; Prodr., 164 (1810)
ssp. australe R. Br.; Prodr., 164 (1810)
Trivial names: Parsley fern, Patotara
ssp. negeri (H. Christ) R.T. Clausen; Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 19(2): 40
(1938)
Botrychium biforme Col.; Tr. New Zeal. Inst. 18. 223 (1886)
Trivial names: Fine-leaved parsley fern
Botrychium biternatum (Sav.) Underw.; Bot. Gaz. 22. 407 t. 21 (1896)
Trivial names: Sparse-lobed Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium boreale (Fr.) Milde; Bot. Zeit. 15(51): 880 (1857)
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium campestre Wagner & Farrar; Amer. Fern J. 76: 39, figs. 2, 4, 5 (1986)
Trivial names: Prairie Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium chamaeconium Bitter & Hier.; Nat. Pfl. 1(4). 471 (1900)
Botrychium crenulatum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 71: 21 (1981)
Trivial names: Dainty Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium daucifolium (Wall.) Hook. & Grev.; Icones Filicum 2(9): t. 161 (1830)
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
var. parvum v. Ald. v. Ros.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Buit. 1: 3 (1911)
var. intermedium (Sahashi) comb. ined.
var. kanaii (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Botrychium decompositum Mart. & Gal.; Mém. Ac. Brux. 15. 15 t. 1 (1842)
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium decurrens Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 329 (1959)
Botrychium dissectum Spreng.; Anleit. Kenntn. Gew. 3: 172 (1804)
Trivial names: Cut-Leaf Grape Fern, lacy leaf grape fern.
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium dusenii (Christ) Alston; Lilloa 30: 107 (1960)
Botrychium echo Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 73: 57 (1983)
Trivial names: Echo Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium formosanum Tagawa; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 9: 87 (1940)
Botrychium gallicomontanum Farrar & Johnson-Groh; Amer. Fern J. 81: 1 (1991)
Trivial names: Frenchman's Bluff Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium hesperium (Maxon & Clausen) Wagner & Lellinger; Amer. Fern J. 71:
92 (1981)
Trivial names: Western Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium japonicum (Prantl) Underw.; Bull. Torr. Cl. 26. 538 (1898)
var. silvicola (Sahashi) M.Kato; Fl. Japan 1: 26 (1995)
Botrychium javanicum (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Botrychium jenmanii Underw.; Fern Bull. 8: 59 (1900)
Trivial names: Alabama Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium lanceolatum (S. G. Gmelin) Angström; Bot. Not. 14: 68 (1854)
Trivial names: Triangle Moonwort
ssp. lanceolatum (S. G. Gmelin) Angström; Bot. Not. 14: 68 (1854)
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
ssp. angustisegmentum (Paese & Moore) Clausen; Bull. Torrey Club 64: 280
(1937)
Trivial names: Narrow Triangle Moonwort
Botrychium lanuginosum (Wall.) Hook. & Grev.; Icones Filicum 1(4): t. 79 (1828)
Remarks: Subgen. Japanobotrychium
var. nepalense Nishida; Journ. Jap. Bot. 41: 319 (1966) [fide Fraser-Jenkins 1997
Botrychium lineare W.H.Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 84(1): 5 (1994)
Botrychium longipedunculatum Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 330 (1959)
Botrychium lunaria (L.) Swartz; J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 110 (1802)
Trivial names: Gemeine Mondraute, Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
f. gracile (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
var. onondagense (Underwood) House; New York State Museum Bulletin 243-244:
47 (1923)
f. subincisum (Roep.) Milde (1859)
f. tripartitum (Moore) Weath.
Botrychium lunarioides (Michx.) Swartz; Syn. Fil. 172 (1806)
Trivial names: Winter Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium manshuricum Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 329 (1959)
Botrychium matricariifolium (Döll) A. Braun ex Koch; Syn. Deut. Schweiz.
Fl. ed. 2, 7: 1009 (1847)
Trivial names: Ästige Mondraute, Ästiger Rautenfarn, Daisy-leaf Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
f. gracile (House) Weath.
Botrychium microphyllum (Sahashi) M.Kato; Fl. Japan 1: 27 (1995)
Botrychium minganense Vict.; Proc. & Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada ser. 3, 21: 331 (1927)
Trivial names: Mingan Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium modestum Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 329 (1959)
Botrychium montanum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 71: 29 (1981)
Trivial names: Western Goblin
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium mormo Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 71: 26 (1981)
Trivial names: Little Goblin
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium multifidum (S. G. Gmelin) Rupr.; Beitr. Pflanzenk. Russ. Reiches 11: 40 (1859)
Trivial names: Vielteilige Mondraute (Rautenfarn), Leathery Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
var. robustum (Rupr.) C. Chr.; Kongliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 5(1):
48, t. 3 (1927)
Botrychium nipponicum Mak.; Journ. Jap. Bot. 1: 5 (1916)
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
var. minus (H.Hara) M.Kato; Fl. Japan 1: 26 (1995)
Botrychium officinale Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 330 (1959)
Botrychium oneidense (Gilb.) House; Amer. Midl. Naturalist 7: 126 (1905)
Trivial names: Blunt-lobed Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium pallidum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 80: 74 (1990)
Trivial names: Pale Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium paradoxum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 71: 24 (1981)
Trivial names: Paradox Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium parvum Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 330 (1959)
Botrychium pedunculosum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 76: 43 (1986)
Trivial names: Stalked Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium pinnatum H. St. John; Amer. Fern J. 19: 11 (1929)
Trivial names: Northern Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium pseudopinnatum Wagner; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 17: 322 (1990)
Trivial names: False Northwestern Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium pumicola Coville; Underwood, Native Ferns ed. 6, 69 (1900)
Trivial names: Pumice Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium rugulosum Wagner; Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 15: 315 (1982)
Trivial names: Ternate Grape Fern, St. Lawrence Grape Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium schaffneri Underw.; Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 30: 51 (1903)
Remarks: Subgen. Sceptridium
Botrychium simplex E. Hitchc.; Amer. J. Sci. Arts 6: 103 (1823)
Trivial names: Einfache Mondraute, Least Moonwort
var. compositum (Lasch) Milde; Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-botanischen
Gesellschaft in Wien 19: 140 (1869)
f. laxifolium (Clausen) Fern.
f. simplicissimum (Lasch) Milde
Botrychium socorrense W.H.Wagner; G.A.Levin & R.C.Moran, Vasc. Fl. Isla Socorro,
Mexico (Mem. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 16): 20 (1989)
Botrychium spathulatum Wagner; Amer. Fern J. 80: 77 (1990)
Trivial names: Spatulate Moonwort
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium
Botrychium strictum Underw.; Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 20: 52 (1902)
Remarks: Subgen. Osmundopteris
Botrychium subbifoliatum Brackenr.; Expl. Exp. 16. 317 t. 44 f. 2 (1854)
Botrychium sutchuanense Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 330 (1959)
Botrychium ternatum (Thunb.) Sw.; Schrad. Journ. 1800(2). 111 (1801)
var. pseudoternatum (Sahashi) M.Kato; Fl. Japan 1: 27 (1995)
Botrychium tibeticum (Ching) comb. ined.
Botrychium triangularifolium (Sahashi) M.Kato; Fl. Japan 1: 27 (1995)
Botrychium underwoodianum Maxon; Bull. Torr. Cl. 32. 220 t. 6 (1905)
Botrychium virginianum (L.) Sw.; Schrad. Journ. 1800(2). 111 (1801)
Trivial names: Virginische Mondraute (Rautenfarn), Rattlesnake Fern
Remarks: Subgen. Osmundopteris
Botrychium x argutum (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Remarks: Sceptridium japonicum var. japonicum x triangularifolium
Botrychium x elegans (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Remarks: Sceptridium japonicum var. japonicum x nipponicum var. nipponicum
Botrychium x longistipitatum (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Remarks: Sceptridium atrovirens x ternatum
Botrychium x pulchrum (Sahashi) comb. ined.
Remarks: Sceptridium atrovirens x nipponicum var. nipponicum
Botrychium x watertonense W.H.Wagner; Canad. J. Bot. 62(4): 630 (1984)
Remarks: Subgen. Botrychium, Botrychium hesperium x Botrychium paradoxum
Botrychium yunnanense Ching; Chien & Chun, Fl. Reipubl. Pop. Sin. 2: 329 (1959)
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